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Re: graphic login failure



On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 09:23:42PM -0400, Bill Barnes wrote:
> Hello List:
> 
> Just did a dist-upgrade from woody, helixcode and kde2.
> 
> login as root fails, but can 'su', 'su - root' from terminal.

    Check the startup procedure for startx. Look for a $HOME/.xsession file in
the home directory, that gets run if it's there. You mention that it's root,
does that mean that it's not other users having the problem? I suspect
.xsession then. 

    Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca>
"...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount
of nerd-like effort."  -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX



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